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TMG's Beauty and Fashion Channel to Broadcast Highlights From Spring/Summer 2007 Fashion Weeks From Milan and New York
| Source: The Media Group
DENVER, CO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- October 16, 2006 -- The Networks Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of
The Media Group (TMG, formerly Turner Media Group), the leading provider of
interactive, transactional media for TV advertising and programming,
announced today that its Beauty & Fashion Channel is broadcasting
highlights of spring/summer 2007 collections from New York and Milan
fashion weeks.
Dolce and Gabbana Women Collection Spring/Summer 2007
Oct. 16-22, 2006 -- 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. a.m., 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. ET --
Fashion TV will bring an hour of highlights from Milan Fashion Week for the
Beauty & Fashion Channel, showing scenes from the red carpet, backstage and
from the amazing Dolce & Gabbana collection.
Roberto Cavalli & Just Cavalli Women's Collections
Oct. 16-22, 2006 -- 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. ET -- Fashion TV brings you an
hour of the amazing Roberto Cavalli collection and the Just Cavalli Women's
Collection for the spring/summer of 2007 on the Beauty & Fashion Channel.
You'll get backstage footage and scenes from the red carpet, all from
Milan.
As the broadcast partner for StyleLounge New York, a high-profile
entertainment event during New York City's September 2006 fashion week, the
Beauty & Fashion Channel will soon bring U.S. viewers front row seats to
the Spring 2007 fashion trends from young designers such as Anand Jon, the
b. Michael demi couture collection, Malan Breton, and Daniel Franco from
the hit TV show, Project Runway. Viewers will also see celebrity interviews
with Sofia Bush, Carol Alt and Michelle Rodriquez, and take an inside look
at today's celebrity fashionistas.
Beauty and Fashion Channel also plans to show news highlights from the IMG
Fashion Show featuring behind-the-scene interviews with top designers, from
Bill Blass to Perry Ellis to Heatherette. Visit www.beautyfashiontv.com for
show times.
"Our goal is to bring the runway to main street USA and give women the
opportunity to find their style," said Wendy Borow-Johnson, senior vice
president of The Networks Group. "The Beauty & Fashion Channel provides
extensive coverage of the best fashion shows from around the world and
looks inside the most exclusive fashion and celebrity style events."
"In line with our model of transactional programming, Beauty & Fashion
Channel lets viewers connect with sponsors and designers for unique offers
and on-air purchase opportunities," said Marc Krigsman, president of TMG's
The Networks Group.
"The Beauty & Fashion Channel is a unique interactive TV channel that
provides advertisers a direct way to reach their core audience while giving
viewers a transactional opportunity within a programming environment that
is informative and entertaining," said Gary Turner, CEO of The Media Group.
The Beauty & Fashion Channel is broadcast to U.S. viewers through
DISH Network™ satellite TV nationwide and on regional Time Warner cable
TV and other cable systems.
For more information on the Beauty & Fashion Channel or programming
schedules, visit www.beautyfashiontv.com.
About The Media Group (TMG)
The Media Group (TMG) provides interactive TV advertising, direct response
programming and transactional TV. TMG represents advertising media in
various formats on eight of TMG's targeted transactional TV channels: The
Men's Channel, Men's Outdoors & Recreation, Healthy Living Channel, Beauty
& Fashion Channel, Resort and Residence, iDrive, America's Preview and
iShop TV. Comprised of three divisions, The Ad Group, The iTV Group and The
Networks Group, TMG reaches an aggregate of more than 100 million homes
nationwide through EchoStar's DISH Network satellite TV and major cable TV
distributors Comcast, Time Warner and Cox on a market-by-market basis. TMG
represents more than 6 million ad avails annually. TMG has offices in N.Y.,
L.A., Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, and Denver. Visit
www.themediagroup.com.